I love the feeling of being home! I truly enjoy being surrounded by the people I love and the things that make me happy. I am passionate about finding joy in my home---which for me has a double meaning. My home is where I find comfort and discover who I am by using my talents and abilities.
I'm an avid thrift store shopper and collector. I love to create, re-purpose, design, re-invent and build all sorts of things.
I am passionate about helping others find the joy in their homes that I do in mine. And I believe that it doesn't take a lot of cash to do it.

"The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create." ---Dieter F. Uchtdorf

You're welcome to copy my ideas.
If one of my ideas has inspired you, I'd love for you to leave me a note so I can enjoy seeing your project.
But please don't copy my photos without first asking my permission.
Thanks!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

At the end of the hall in my basement is a funny little space. I have never understood what the builder was thinking when he built this spot. Originally it had a bi-fold door on it, leading a person to think that it might be a closet. But who builds a closet that is less than ten inches deep? Even if they would have taken the time to build shelves inside, what items would you store in such a small place?Finally, after years of being annoyed with this dead end, I decided to do something with it. I knew with a little creativity, I could turn this worthless spot into a place of interest and beauty.I found a book of accordion music at the thrift store for a dollar. It has handwritten dates inside of when the owner played some of the pieces. They were dated 1954! The pages show their age. I love how yellowed they are.I tore out the pages and adhered them to the inside of the "closet", using wallpaper paste, overlapping the pages and adding parts of pages for interest.I knew I achieved my goal when one of my sons walked by and said, "That's interesting." To which I replied, "Interesting is much better than what it was before." Now, the fun begins! I'm off to find some things to put in this interesting place.

I have a closet just like this (9 inches deep) with shelves from top to bottom. I use it to store cleaning supplies, medicine, first aid stuff, kleenex, extra TP, the iron. What I like about it is that it's shallow, so nothing gets lost or overlooked. However, if we had moved here and there weren't any shelves in it, I'm sure I would have been scratching my head as to what i was supposed to do with it.

I like what you've done with yours and look forward to seeing what else you add.

Way Cool! I would hang old photo's of family done in sepia tones....maybe in black distressed frames...oh, and maybe get a narrow table to slide in at the bottom, or just an old wooden chair.... maybe find some kind of an old accordion or stringed instrument to set on the chair...can't wait to see what you do with it! ♥ Lewaina

Hmmm...that is a weird space. When Hobby Lobby had their Christmas stuff at 90% off I found some stocking hooks that looked like musical instruments and the hook part was removable. They would look good in your space.